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Large language models unlock large text corpora in the search for data on medicinal plants and fungi
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Millions of people worldwide depend on plants and fungi for their healthcare needs, yet our understanding of which species are used medicinally—and how—remains fragmented and incomplete. As part of Kew's Plants for Health service, we developed a pipeline to mine large text corpora for information on natural products, initially focusing on the medicinal
Adam Richard‐Bollans +6 more
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article considers travel writings by metropolitan men in Republican China about Shanxi and western Inner Mongolia as a case study to further explore the transformations and continuities of Chinese masculinities. Drawing upon a range of popular travel narratives, it shows that so‐called “Worn‐Out Shoes (poxie)” – women perceived as ...
Amanda Zhang
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Elevated Plasma Homocysteine Concentration in Opium-Addicted Individuals [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2015 Background: Although the triggering role of both opium use and elevated plasma homocysteine level for progressing atherosclerosis and, therefore, appearing coronary heart disease has been clearly determined, no study are available with respect to the ...
Mohammad Masoomi +2 more
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Brain Sciences, 2023 Opium smoking has been a common practice in Iran for many years, with people often smoking for long hours. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increase in opium smoking due to false beliefs about its protective effects against COVID-19 infection ...
Omid Massah +4 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
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Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2005 Background: It seems that there may be a relation between opium addiction and bladder cancer. This study has been performed to find this relationship in Kerman province.<br />Methods: We evaluated opium addiction in 150 patients with bladder cancer
A Ketabchi +3 more
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
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Lipids in Health and Disease, 2008 Background There is a belief among some society that opium has a number of beneficial effects on cardiovascular disease. The aim of the present investigation as a cross-sectional study was to assess this hypothesis.
Naderi Gholam-Ali +3 more
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims The market for new psychoactive substances (NPS) is highly dynamic, with hundreds of substances emerging on the European drug market in the last decade. 3‐methylmethcathinone (3‐MMC), a synthetic cathinone and isomer of mephedrone (4‐MMC), gained popularity in the Netherlands due to its psychostimulant effects and initial ...
Nadia Robert Petronella Wilhelmina Hutten +4 more
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